The Press., 1887-12-01
STAFFORD.

An entertainment and supper to be given at the M. B. church next Wednes- day evening will be worthy of patronage because of merit, also because the benef- siaTies are the ". C. T. U. and the Band of Hope A supper will be provided from Bto D. m. at 15 cents per head, and later aa entertainment, to which the admission fse will be 20 cents, and to consist of vocal and instrumental music, and "Mother Goose and her Temperance Family" e1a costume. Prof. J. H. George of Norwich will aid in the musical part of the program.
 There were several contributors of $25 ct the St. Edwards corner stone laying, to enc of whom the silver trowel is to go. Julius Converse, who is one, valves his slaina, and several priests, including Fath- eE Coyls. whose contributions were $25 and upwards, also put themselves out of the racs. This narrows the competition. d0Vn to John Brosnan and W. J. Williams.
 "A very large seizure of liquors was made on Wednesday last by Sheriff Fisk of Levi Gary & Son, and in building ad- joining their stable. The find consisted of barrels and casks, and with them were measures of various sizes for drawing, tunnels, rubber tubes for siphoning, pitts for tapping, etc., also lamp convenient for lighting. Two barrels had not been tapped, one of gin had been opened re- sently, and several other packages con, tainsd varied quantities of various liquors. The prosecutor had for some time sus- pected the place of concealment. It is !anderstood that claimants will appear for she liquors with some theory of storage, though the public mind is pretty we'll agreed as to ownership and object of con- psalment.
 The three evenings of entertainment Aext veak arranged by Winter Post, G. A. R, for the benefit of their relief fund, are assigned to dates and places as follows Tuesday evening, Dec. 9th, at Town hall, Stafford, Hollow; Wednesday, 7th, at Congregational church, West Stafford Thursdsy, 9th, at Oronoco hall, Stafford Springs. Col. Richardson, the reader of the occasion, Q native of West Stafford, hss wide reputation as reader and poet He will give selections mainly from his own writings, in character comic, miscel- laneous, stirring war incidents and pathetic. Music will-be interspersed, vocal and in- Strumental. Col. Richardson has high sommendations as a poet and also as a reader. He has an autograph letter from Gen. P. Fl. Sheriden thanking him warm y 'for your spirited and graphic poem describing < the hard fought bat. tie field of Stone River" His "Hancock ct Gettysburg" has been highly and wide ly praised. He has given his readings be- fore hundreds of Grand Army Posts, and sones to Stafford with reputation that warrants the attendance of large audiences so the benefit of the worthy object of the entertainments, which alone should be an incentive of patronage. Admission 25 cents, children 15 cents.
 Thanksgiving brought home many whose absence had not yet made their feat. urss unfamiliar. Among those who ate tur. key in Stafford were Messrs. W. H. .Spedding and F. W. Patten of New York, L.. S. Con verse from school in Boston, Andrew Saw. yer, Troy, NY. druggist, with his wife, were guests of Mrs. S's. mother, Mrs. Louisa Benton, on Church-st., J. M. Shahan oi Cambridge law school was at Woodlawn visitang his classmate at Middletown, J Carl Converse, R. H. Small and wife o New London were at Mrs. S's. parent. (W. A. Patten), West Stafford.